The Virgin and Child with the Cat and Snake

1654

Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

Rembrandt van Rijn

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 9.5 x 14.4 cm (3 3/4 x 5 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 9.9 x 14.9 cm (3 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.9112

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 63, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b) purchased at Hollstein and Puppel Sale (Lot #752) 1929; given to the National Gallery of Art 1943

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1930

  • Prints and Drawings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) from the Collections of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, 1930

  • Rembrandt Etchings: Lent by Mr. Lessing J. Rosenwald, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1930.

1932

  • Etchings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) from the Collections of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Sears, Roebuck, and Co. Art Galleries, Washington, D.C., 1932.

1990

  • Eva/Ave: Woman in Renaissance and Baroque Prints, NGA, 1990, no. 49, repro.

2006

  • Strokes of Genius: Rembrandt's Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Bibliography

1923

  • Hind, Arthur M. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings. London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1923.

1969

  • White, Christopher and Karel G. Boon. Rembrandt's Etchings. 2 vols. Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co., 1969.

1990

  • Russell 1990, cat.no.49.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1993: no. 278, i/iv.

Wikidata ID

Q65024903

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